Project background
Deploying multiple robots in a shared area introduces conflicts — overlapping paths, shared charging, task collisions — that single-robot systems never face. The client needed a coordination layer purpose-built for fleets.
Challenge
Allocating tasks fairly and efficiently, resolving path conflicts without deadlock, and sharing scarce resources like charging docks and narrow passages across the fleet without human mediation.
Approach & solution
We built a fleet manager that maintains a live map of robot states, task queues, and shared resources. A task allocator assigns work with fairness and locality heuristics. A conflict resolver intervenes before collisions or deadlocks rather than after, using priority and timing rules.
Results & benefits
Pilot deployments with multiple robots operated without human mediation across typical shifts. Shared resources like chargers were allocated efficiently, and throughput scaled predictably with fleet size.
